http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/ Engadget Comments for Western Digital My Book 3.0 goes SuperSpeed USB http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/
It's not futureproofing with the hard drive....it's the USB 3.0 adapter card.]]>Jan 5th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/
Cuz I really do want the faster transfer speeds. But I'm sorta hesitant to start all over with my hardware.]]>Jan 5th 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/I have yet to see a laptop with USB 3.0.]]>Jan 5th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/None of them sell a laptop with USB3 yet however getting USB3 in a laptop couldn't be any easier all you need is a USB3 Express Card (They are getting released now and come with 2X USB3 slots)]]>Jan 5th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/the only laptop I know of with usb 3.0 is the new Lenovo W510 thinkpad. ]]>Jan 5th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/
HP and Asus 2010 Laptops come with USB3 too (Not all models though)
USB3 will properly be a standard by this year end holiday]]>Jan 6th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/a couplethings:
Powered Port, Backwards compatable to 2.0, mindshare name that'll make it instantly accepted.

Don't get me wrong i like eSata, it just has a lot against it come usb 3.0]]>Jan 5th 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/
I believe you can use any Sata drive with eSata. but its max bandwidth is 3.0Gb/s so a 1.5 drive would work but only run at 1.5 Gb/s. i could be wrong.

the Usb 3.0 would be about 25 MB/s faster then current eSata too.
and of course Usb is a powered port, as you said above.]]>Jan 5th 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/
I had problems with hot-swapping eSata drives.... I had to restart computer to make it recognize external eSata drive.

I believe this will not be a problem with USB 3.0]]>Jan 5th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/
That's based on your motherboards support for eSATA not the eSATA protocol.

The reason I ask, is for devices such as hard drives, when using QPI wouldn't the actual speed on eSATA be faster, since it goes right from the harddrive controller to the harddrive driver to the processor, rather than going from the USB to the USB host driver, to the USB mass storage driver, to the processor....seems like an extra layer of obscurity that might negate benefits. But please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, my understanding of the USB protocol is pretty elementary. ]]>Jan 5th 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/
Are you sure that's not your drive?]]>Jan 5th 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/
While you kinda can use it as just a hard drive, if that is your intension by a cheap enclosure and save the $$$ and the hassle.]]>Jan 5th 2010 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/western-digital-my-book-3-0-goes-superspeed-usb/Jan 5th 2010 7:05PM